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Bridgeport Hospital to Avail the Services of Language Access Network

(Dec 12, 2007)-- Language Access Network, the exclusive provider of “Your HIPAA Compliant Network” for MARTTI, announced that Bridgeport Hospital, an affiliate of the Yale University School of Medicine and a member of the Yale New Haven Health System, has signed a five-year interpretation service agreement.

LAN will now provide Bridgeport Hospital with its live two way video/audio service known as MARTTI to nearly 321,000 patients over “Your HIPAA Compliant Network” the company’s nationwide infrastructure designed specifically for the safe transmission of patient interpretation, telemedicine consultation and patient information.

Language Access Network estimates an average of 20 percent of all patients in the United States have limited English proficiency (LEP), are deaf or hard of hearing, or do not speak English well. LAN estimates that each patient encounter in a hospital environment, (ER, labor and delivery, clinic, etc.) lasts between 7 to 12 minutes on the MARTTI unit.

Bridgeport Hospital is a not-for-profit acute-care hospital in Fairfield County, Connecticut, with 425 licensed beds, more than 2,600 employees, 550 active attending physicians representing 70 subspecialties, 220 medical/surgical residents and fellows in programs affiliated with Yale University School of Medicine, and more than 340 active volunteers.

Bridgeport Hospital provides nearly 300,000 patient care visits annually, including 20,000 admissions; 220,000 total outpatient visits to the hospital (including 67,000 emergency department visits and 38,000 clinic visits); 7,600 SurgEase (same day surgery) visits, and 33,000 outpatient rehabilitation visits

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